Poster-sign-removal process



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w. R. BELL POSTER SIGN REMOVAL PROCESS Filed March 23, 1928 I ll INVENTOR. MAL/17H Fax .BEZL.

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A TTORNEYS Patented Mar. 25, 1930 UITED STATES PATE NT oFF ICE,

WILLIAM REX BELL, OF TERRE'HAUTE, INDIANA POSTER-SIGN-REMOVAL rRooEss Application filed March '23, 1928. Serial no. 264,144.

in the accomplishment of the foregoing object by interposing between the sign surface adapted to receive the posting paper copy and the latter, a sheet of fabric material that is initially detachably secured tothe sign receiving surface and to which the poster paper copy is subsequently secured so that removal of the fabric sheet material will simultaneously remove the poster paper copy whereupon, the removed poster paper copy and sheet material may be subsequently separated, and the fabric immediately reapplied to the sign receiving surface for additional copy reception.

The full nature of the invention will be more clearly understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Fig. l is a perspective view of an outdoor or poster sign with the invention applied thereto and Witha portion of it and the copy removed from the sign receiving surface. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the sign receiving surface and the copy secured thereto, successive layers being successively cut away in sections to illustrate the invention.

In the drawings 10 indicates a conventional framework of an outdoor or poster sign supported as at 11 and 12 and including a copy receiving surface 13.

The foregoing is old in the art. Heretofore in the art of posting outdoor signs it has been necessary to remove from the sign receiving surface the copies that had accumulated thereon after three, or possibly four and usually never more than five, thicknesses of copy paper had been pasted upon the surface, if good service was desired.

To remove such accumulated copy material from a poster sign surface, heretofore there was employed a sharp steel scraping instrument and the same was manually ma nipulated tocut, chop and scrape the surface to remove therefrom said accumulated paper copy. The removal of poster copy by this method usually, sooner or later, results in a p marred sign receiving surface so that-the marring becomes cumulative and soonexces sive, for the marring will be increased at each subsequent cleaning in the-endeavor to remove from' previous mars the old copy that has accumulated therein.

At present prices, the labor cost of removing a unitof this copy material runs about $2 .75. WVith thepresent'invention the initial cost for the same unit to prepare the "same is $1.50 and the cost of removing the copy does not exceed fifty cents, so thatthe total initial cost and subsequent removal for the'first re moval is materially less than the initial removal cost of the first removal under the old practice, and as will hereinafter be set forth, each subsequent'removal of poster copy under. the present processwill only cost about fifty cents or less, thepricesquoted being 4 as of the present time but serving as an illustration of the comparative commercial valueand saving obtainable by practicing thepresent process. I

The process contemplates pasting upon the sign receiving surface 13,21 sheet or matched sheets of fabric material 15 so, that said sheet material-completely covers the sign or copy receiving surface thereof. After this material has been applied-to th'esign receiving surface the copy 16 may then be pasted upon the fabric, which may i be cheese cloth or any other suitable material and in the usual manner. r 1

After the copy hasbeen on the board the desired length of time, and usually this is about thirty days, the second sheet of copy material 17'may be applied to the first sheet in the same manner as at present applied and so on until the amount of paper on the panel is such that the irregularities in the previously applied paper copy forms such an irregular surface that subsequentposter copy cannot be applied thereto and secure good service.

instead of using the scraping tool as heretofore practiced, one corner of the sheet material is worked loose from the board and the cloth or sheet material with the superposed copy, which has been secured to it, is stripped or pulled from the board. After the cloth or fabric and the copy have been removed from the board the same may be crumpled so as to break the adhesive connection between the fabric and the paper, whereupon the two may be readily separated and then the cloth or sheet material can be reapplied to the sign receiving surfce as previously set forth.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that there is no marring of the sign receiving surface since there is no use of the scraper tool required. Also, whereas under the old practice of removing paper the time consumed was about two hours, only requires but a very few minutes. Furthermore, the present invention has the advantage that the cloth will adhere more closely and for a greater length of time to the steel face of the posting surface than the paper, and said cloth also will cover cracks, rust spots and such holes as may be found in the sheet metal thereby giving a better posting surface and, of course, to the sign.

The invention, therefore, contemplates the practice of the process and the sign per se, as set forth in the appended claims.

The invention claimed is:

1. A paper posting process comprising detachably securing to a poster sign surface, prior to the posting of paper copy thereon, a fabric sheetmaterial for covering the poster copy receiving surface, applying thereto at successive intervals of desired duration a plurality of successively positioned sheets of pa per copy, stripping said fabric sheet from said sign receiving surface for simultaneously removing the superposed accumulated pap er copy therefrom, separating the adhering paper copy from the sheet material when removed from the sign surface, and immediately re-applying the paper detached fabric sheet to the sign receiving surface for subsequent use upon the latter.

2. A paper posting process comprising detachably securing to a poster sign surface a fabric sheet material for covering the copy receiving surface, applying thereto at successive intervals of time sheets of paper copy, simultaneously stripping said fabric sheet with the superposed accumulated paper copy thereon from said sign receiving surface when a suflicient number of layers of copy have been applied thereto, separating the adhering paper copy from the sheet material by breaking the adhesive connection between the longer life fabric and paper by crumpling the same, then separating all of the and then reapplying paper from the fabric, the paper detached fabthe present invention 7 ric sheet to the sign receiving surface for simultaneous paper copy reception.

In witness whereof, I

fixed my signature.

have hereunto af- WILLIAM REX BELL. 

